Once the Production Code Administration (PCA) replaced the Studio Relations Committee, all films released by MPPDA member studios, including reissues, had to have a Production Code Certificate of Approval. While many films submitted for reissue were required to “eliminate” certain scenes/shots/dialogue in order to receive the Certificate, the PCA found many films that were simply “not acceptable under the provisions of the Production Code as now interpreted.” These are some of the films that the PCA would not approve for reissue.
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Pre-Code Hollywood – Pre‑Code Hollywood refers to the wild, daring era of American filmmaking between the arrival of sound (1929) and the strict enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code — better known as the Hays Code — in 1934.
During these few glorious years, studios pushed boundaries with stories featuring bold women, risqué themes, moral ambiguity, crime, vice, and all the spicy material that would soon be banned. Filmmakers had far more freedom, and they used every inch of it.
It was Hollywood before Hollywood got told to behave.
Pre-Code Hollywood Classic Clips